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What it costs to live in Ipswich, QLD
Ipswich council area, Queensland. About 268,272 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of Queensland.
Rent
$600
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$892
Lost for every adult in a year. That's about the QLD average.
See pokies losses in IpswichElectricity
$1,988
A year on the default offer in the Energex network area, which covers most of Ipswich, for 4,600 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,907.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
190c
A litre, on average, at 63 stations here over the year to August 2026. That's about the QLD average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Offences against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 4,989 of these in Ipswich. That's 1,860 for every 100,000 people, or 1.2 times the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 976, so it has gone up 90%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 4,989 | 1,860 | 1,512 |
| 2024–25 | 5,208 | 1,941 | 1,562 |
| 2023–24 | 5,247 | 2,025 | 1,550 |
| 2022–23 | 5,037 | 2,011 | 1,467 |
| 2021–22 | 3,352 | 1,385 | 1,273 |
| 2020–21 | 2,278 | 976 | 883 |
| 2019–20 | 1,671 | 737 | 738 |
| 2018–19 | 1,611 | 733 | 739 |
| 2017–18 | 1,719 | 811 | 737 |
| 2016–17 | 1,620 | 788 | 706 |
Offences against property, 2025–26
Police recorded 13,141 of these in Ipswich. That's 4,898 for every 100,000 people, or about the QLD average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 4,352, so it has gone up 13%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | QLD per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 13,141 | 4,898 | 4,928 |
| 2024–25 | 13,055 | 4,866 | 4,868 |
| 2023–24 | 13,011 | 5,021 | 5,204 |
| 2022–23 | 13,273 | 5,299 | 5,290 |
| 2021–22 | 11,277 | 4,659 | 4,610 |
| 2020–21 | 10,154 | 4,352 | 4,154 |
| 2019–20 | 12,506 | 5,515 | 5,118 |
| 2018–19 | 13,389 | 6,089 | 5,075 |
| 2017–18 | 12,513 | 5,904 | 4,887 |
| 2016–17 | 11,268 | 5,481 | 4,694 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Ipswich
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Amberley
- Ashwell
- Augustine Heights
- Barellan Point
- Basin Pocket
- Bellbird Park
- Blacksoil
- Blackstone
- Booval
- Brassall
- Brookwater
- Bundamba
- Calvert
- Camira
- Carole Park
- Churchill
- Chuwar
- Coalfalls
- Collingwood Park
- Deebing Heights
- Dinmore
- East Ipswich
- Eastern Heights
- Ebbw Vale
- Ebenezer
- Flinders View
- Gailes
- Goodna
- Goolman
- Grandchester
- Haigslea (part)
- Ipswich
- Ironbark
- Jeebropilly
- Karalee
- Karrabin
- Lanefield
- Leichhardt
- Lower Mount Walker (part)
- Marburg (part)
- Moores Pocket
- Mount Forbes (part)
- Mount Marrow
- Mount Mort
- Muirlea
- Mutdapilly (part)
- New Chum
- Newtown (Ipswich - Qld)
- North Booval
- North Ipswich
- North Tivoli
- One Mile
- Peak Crossing (part)
- Pine Mountain
- Purga
- Raceview
- Redbank
- Redbank Plains
- Ripley
- Riverview
- Rosewood
- Sadliers Crossing
- Silkstone
- South Ripley
- Spring Mountain
- Springfield (Ipswich - Qld)
- Springfield Central
- Springfield Lakes
- Swanbank
- Tallegalla
- Thagoona
- The Bluff (Ipswich - Qld)
- Tivoli
- Walloon
- West Ipswich
- White Rock (Ipswich - Qld)
- Willowbank
- Woodend
- Woolshed
- Wulkuraka
- Yamanto
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Ipswich with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, © State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service), Reported offences by LGA, CC BY 4.0; Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: Queensland Government, Fuel Price Reporting, CC BY 4.0.